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jackson. the center opened in 2008 partly in response to the realization that, like soldiers, chaplains also suffer the trauma of combat stress. >> we do have chaplains that are going through the same psychological and traumatic events that our soldiers are going through. it is hard to be empathetic and to show compassion to our soldiers and to see the brokenness, to see the carnage and that not to affect you. >> reporter: according to the army, since the beginning of the war in iraq and afghanistan, it's chaplains have served a total of more than 20,000 months in combat zones, so have gone on as many as eight tours of duty. one survey revealed that 20% of these chaplains had suffered compassion fatigue or some sort of ptsd. like the soldiers, these chaplains are often in the heat of battle where death is very real and the casualties are friends. lieutenant colonel graeme bicknell is not a chaplain, but he is an army expert on compassion fatigue. >> it can be nightmares. it can be lack of desi
jackson. the center opened in 2008 partly in response to the realization that, like soldiers, chaplains also suffer the trauma of combat stress. >> we do have chaplains that are going through the same psychological and traumatic events that our soldiers are going through. it is hard to be empathetic and to show compassion to our soldiers and to see the brokenness, to see the carnage and that not to affect you. >> reporter: according to the army, since the beginning of the war in...
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believe bernanke will unveil any new policy moves when he speaks at a federal reserve conference in jackson hole wyoming next friday. he's chief economist of fact and opinion economics. bob, nice to see you. you know, people are really expecting something important from bernanke next friday, and in fact, the title of his speech, i understand, is, "monetary policy since the great crisis." you're doubtful that anything big is going to come out of this. tell us why. >> well, you know, i think what's going to happen is bernanke is very big on getting us perspective, and he's going to talk about what policies have been and how they've been effective and how they've aided theconomy. he'll probably give us some estimates of how much better things are than what they could have been if the fed hadn't done anything. i don't think he's going to put new policies on table. i think that he's very happy to tell people he can do more. i think he may even suggest the feds look to see if there are other things it can do that it hasn't done yet to keep hopes up, but the fed has used its most potent ammunition
believe bernanke will unveil any new policy moves when he speaks at a federal reserve conference in jackson hole wyoming next friday. he's chief economist of fact and opinion economics. bob, nice to see you. you know, people are really expecting something important from bernanke next friday, and in fact, the title of his speech, i understand, is, "monetary policy since the great crisis." you're doubtful that anything big is going to come out of this. tell us why. >> well, you...
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chairman bernanke is expected to clarify his views on august 31, he'll be speaking at a fed conference in jackson hole wyoming. so, what does all this mean for the economy and the markets. we turn to two experts to answer that: brian wesbury, chief economist at first trust advisors and john manley, chief equity strategist at wells fargo advantage funds. gentlemen, thanks for joining us. let me begin with you, brian. is more fed stimulus coming, and what does fairly soon mean in fed-speak? >> yeah. well, it can mean anything. they have been saying fairly soon now for almost the past year, susie. people have been talking about this the qe-3. i personally don't think it's coming. one of the key reasons is this meet, the minutes were released. it was about two weeks ago, and that was before the employment report, which was much stronger than expected, before a very strong retail sales report, and before a very strong industrial production report. so, the economy has gotten better, and as a result, i don't think the fed is going to have the justification that it wants to do another round of quantitati
chairman bernanke is expected to clarify his views on august 31, he'll be speaking at a fed conference in jackson hole wyoming. so, what does all this mean for the economy and the markets. we turn to two experts to answer that: brian wesbury, chief economist at first trust advisors and john manley, chief equity strategist at wells fargo advantage funds. gentlemen, thanks for joining us. let me begin with you, brian. is more fed stimulus coming, and what does fairly soon mean in fed-speak?...
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for jackson tang, who heads liberty mutual's operation here, this nation represents a vital engine for growth. >>tang: you know china is now the sixth largest insurance market in the world. and china economy has just overtaken japan as the second largest world economy. so by that, the huge market has so much attraction while other insurance markets in the world are almost saturated. where do you grow your business as an international insurance group? >>reporter: but foreign insurers face regulatory barriers, slow licensing procedures and limitations on business scope that don't apply to domestic firms that include ping an and, now, the world's biggest life insurance group, china life. as the european union bemoans, foreign providers here may be growing, but their ambitions in china's marketplace are stifled. >>quintana: when you're starting from a very low base, you are expected to grow much more than the average of the market. the average of the market is 30 percent growth per year. foreign firms with a very tiny market share should grow much, much more. this is not the case. >>report
for jackson tang, who heads liberty mutual's operation here, this nation represents a vital engine for growth. >>tang: you know china is now the sixth largest insurance market in the world. and china economy has just overtaken japan as the second largest world economy. so by that, the huge market has so much attraction while other insurance markets in the world are almost saturated. where do you grow your business as an international insurance group? >>reporter: but foreign insurers...
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bishop harry jackson is pastor of hope christian church in beltsville, maryland. his books include "personal faith, public policy, and the truth in black and white." reza aslan is author of "no god but god: the origins, evolution and future of islam." he's also a contributing editor to the web site, "the daily beast". and nick gillespie is editor in chief of reason.com and previously served as editor of "reason magazine". welcome to all of you. i will start with you reverend vincent. we heard the president refer to the country as being anxious, he said fears can surface, suspicions, divisions. how much of this to you goes back to 9/11? >> i think it all goes back to 9/11. i was interested to hear him say today that we're in a time of anxiety. but i think the anxiety has never left us since 9/11. there are deep, deep wounds, psychic and spiritual as well as the physical wounds. and they haven't gone away. >> brown: bishop jackson, all from 9/11 or responses to specific new events and real concerns. >> yes, some from 9/11. i believe we never fully grieved out in the
bishop harry jackson is pastor of hope christian church in beltsville, maryland. his books include "personal faith, public policy, and the truth in black and white." reza aslan is author of "no god but god: the origins, evolution and future of islam." he's also a contributing editor to the web site, "the daily beast". and nick gillespie is editor in chief of reason.com and previously served as editor of "reason magazine". welcome to all of you. i will...
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. >> this feels like phil jackson coming back to coach the lakers one more time. i wonder what it says, though, p and g always had this reputation of being a place that minted the next generation of business leaders. do you agree wh that and number two the fact they went back to the former ceo suggests they had no one on their bench to step up if the board wasn't happy with mr. mcdonald? >> i think given the timing of the decision with mcdonald, i think it was a good decision to go to a. g. they have lots of talent in this company and what you'll see a.g.loufly do is pick the next ceo. they have a real competence of developing people p.. at this moment they felt there was no one up to this job and it made more sense to bring in loufly. >> what kind of changes do you expect. loufly sent a memos to employees saying the consumer is boss. innovation is our life blood. what kind of changes account we expect at p and g? >> so, under loufly the company went from a house wares doe a beaut jay care company. the u.s. consumer has changed in the last five years and more pric
. >> this feels like phil jackson coming back to coach the lakers one more time. i wonder what it says, though, p and g always had this reputation of being a place that minted the next generation of business leaders. do you agree wh that and number two the fact they went back to the former ceo suggests they had no one on their bench to step up if the board wasn't happy with mr. mcdonald? >> i think given the timing of the decision with mcdonald, i think it was a good decision to go...
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the speech he actually gave came about as a result of mehallia jackson. as he was reading from the prepared text of the speech. he somewhere during-- i don't know maybe the 25th paragraph of the speeches she had win. she show thed to him,"tell them with the dream, martib. tell them about the dream." aise said, i was stand, behind him-- this is all happening in real time. so he takes the prepared text, grabs the lectern, looks out on those almost 300,000 people, and this is all happening in real time, and i tirnd to the person who was next to me, and i said to them-- just spontaneously-- i said, "these people don't know it but they're about ready to go to church." >> rose: the speech and the dream. martin luther king would often reach back into things he had said before, phrase thalz resonated with him. does happen beyond the dream aspect of this speech? >> king was a collage composer. the young 'uns today think they invented the concept of sampli sampling. he was brilliant from the time he was a young man at taking bit from harry epsom fozdomestic ic, and
the speech he actually gave came about as a result of mehallia jackson. as he was reading from the prepared text of the speech. he somewhere during-- i don't know maybe the 25th paragraph of the speeches she had win. she show thed to him,"tell them with the dream, martib. tell them about the dream." aise said, i was stand, behind him-- this is all happening in real time. so he takes the prepared text, grabs the lectern, looks out on those almost 300,000 people, and this is all...
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michael melton, human papillomavirus, nathan mccall, and bishop harry jackson. thank you all four very much. >> thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> woodruff: again, the major developments of the day: attorney general eric holder said he wants texas to get federal court approval before changing its election rules. united states prosecutors indicted four russian nationals and a ukrainian for hacking corporate computers to steal millions in cash and goods and spanish police questioned the sdoia a second juror in the george zimmerman trial spoke publicly, saying she felt zimmerman, "got away with murder" but there qawnt enough evidence to convict him. >> brown: online, the case for allowing more guest workers into the u.s. kwame holman explains. >> holman: yesterday we featured the argument against more high- tech visas. today: why such workers stimulate innovation and the economy. that's on making sense and on twitter, we hosted a lively discussion on curbing gun violence. all the comments are available on our homepage. find all the stories from our seri
michael melton, human papillomavirus, nathan mccall, and bishop harry jackson. thank you all four very much. >> thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> woodruff: again, the major developments of the day: attorney general eric holder said he wants texas to get federal court approval before changing its election rules. united states prosecutors indicted four russian nationals and a ukrainian for hacking corporate computers to steal millions in cash and goods and...
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it began with vicki jackson, a lawyer appointed by the court to do what? >> well, one of the-- two of the roadblocks in the doma case, similar to the roadblock in the prop 8 case, has to do with weather key parties in the case are properly before the supreme court, and whether the court has jurisdiction to hear the case. the united states does not defend doma. it believes it's unconstitutional. it agrees with edie windsor. it agrees with the lower federal appellate court. the bipartisan legal advisory committee of the house-- >> suarez: representing the house majority, the republican >>xactly. believebelieves that that it's rightfully before the court, as does the united states. the court needed somebody to argue the other side. they want to hear all the arguments. do those-- are those two parties properly before us? do we have jurisdiction? so they appointed professor jackson. >> suarez: in effect if i understand this, they appointed a lawyer to argue to them that they had no jurisdiction to hear the case? >> exactly, exactly, to make those arguments. tha
it began with vicki jackson, a lawyer appointed by the court to do what? >> well, one of the-- two of the roadblocks in the doma case, similar to the roadblock in the prop 8 case, has to do with weather key parties in the case are properly before the supreme court, and whether the court has jurisdiction to hear the case. the united states does not defend doma. it believes it's unconstitutional. it agrees with edie windsor. it agrees with the lower federal appellate court. the bipartisan...
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ben jackson with the intercontinental exchange. >> susie: our look at the agriculture economy continues tomorrow on "nightly business report." from the cows to the production line, we meet the people behind the petaluma creamery, a family farm and cheese making business thriving in california's wine country. >> tom: as we reported earlier, the federal reserve is worried about government inaction on the u.s. debt problem and the impact on the economy. tonight's commentator has a plan for balancing the books. he's bob pozen, former chairman of m.f.s. investments. >> after the november elections, congress will face a fiscal cliff. the expiration of various tax cuts, together with automatic spending reductions, could take $500 billion out of our fragile economy in 2013. to avoid this disastrous result, congress will need to pass a ten-year package of revenue and spending measures which will gradually put us on the road to fiscal discipline. the core of this package should be a progressive reform to social security, which currently faces a long-term deficit of $8.6 trillion. we can dramatica
ben jackson with the intercontinental exchange. >> susie: our look at the agriculture economy continues tomorrow on "nightly business report." from the cows to the production line, we meet the people behind the petaluma creamery, a family farm and cheese making business thriving in california's wine country. >> tom: as we reported earlier, the federal reserve is worried about government inaction on the u.s. debt problem and the impact on the economy. tonight's commentator...
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jesse jackson once talked about the sadness h feels on the street and he hears footsteps and it turns out to be a white person. he says he is relieved. it is the kind of a feeling he says he is sad about but it is something he talked about openly. he is not a bigot. juan is not a bigot. npr came up with a second explanation could the ceo said he went over the line of npr analysts expressing opinion. i am on the set with one at least once a week >> and mara on fox. >> i don't understand inconsistency here. she has partly and shot and unashamedly and openly -- tartly and sharply and unashamedly and openly and she is a top correspondent there. they mentioned your status here and openly on your npr biography. and the standard ought to be lower in the case of juan because he is an analyst and nina is a correspondent. >> in the modern journalistic world, where people are asked to give opinions of the time -- all the time, if you cover stories, you may be asked to appear on television to talk about it. i think it is a very difficult line to draw. npr tries to drop it, in my view -- draw it,
jesse jackson once talked about the sadness h feels on the street and he hears footsteps and it turns out to be a white person. he says he is relieved. it is the kind of a feeling he says he is sad about but it is something he talked about openly. he is not a bigot. juan is not a bigot. npr came up with a second explanation could the ceo said he went over the line of npr analysts expressing opinion. i am on the set with one at least once a week >> and mara on fox. >> i don't...
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. >> obama had one great stump speech where he unleashed jefferson-jackson day, 2007. before that, he was kind of petulant, peevish, and that the guy we're seeing -- >> i think that is sort of revisionist history. they had jeremiah out what's-is- face, lots of things they had to do with -- had to deal with. he has not done that here. >> harry reid referred to barack obama as "a light-skinned african-americans with no dialect." >> that is from nevada, the u.s. senate race. happy couple, sharron angle and harry reid. it looks like she has the edge, would you say? >> in the polls, she is ahead. out of the margin of error, but she has been consistently ahead, so that is good for her. it really does come down to turnout, because it is that close to both sides are working really hard. some of the early voting patterns suggest that the republicans have the best of that as well. it does not look good for harry reid in nevada right now. >> even if he wins, i would not put any money on his remaining leader. >> colorado, michael bennet, to close to call? >> tossup, but michael be
. >> obama had one great stump speech where he unleashed jefferson-jackson day, 2007. before that, he was kind of petulant, peevish, and that the guy we're seeing -- >> i think that is sort of revisionist history. they had jeremiah out what's-is- face, lots of things they had to do with -- had to deal with. he has not done that here. >> harry reid referred to barack obama as "a light-skinned african-americans with no dialect." >> that is from nevada, the u.s....
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later mahaliel jackson who sold millions of records and achieved international fame. today gospel is a multi-billion dollar business. with stars such as yolanda adams and kirk franklin who maintains the religious words and themes even as he incorporates contemporary styles like hip hop into his music. ♪ another of today's leading lights, cece winans who serves as a host of the how sweet the sound competition says that many pop stars got their starts just as she did in the church choir. >> most genres got their start in really their beginning from gospel music. so you hear the gospel roots and the flavors, you pick some of the greatest r and b celebrities and the first thing they'll tell you is we started in a gospel choir. you even go to some of the rock stars, well, you know i love gospel music. so a lot of that flavor comes from gospel music. we have gospel artists in hip hop. we have gospel artists in, you know, you name it. ♪ >> brown: how sweet the sound though was not about stars but amateurs who come together at night after work to rehearse and then sing at
later mahaliel jackson who sold millions of records and achieved international fame. today gospel is a multi-billion dollar business. with stars such as yolanda adams and kirk franklin who maintains the religious words and themes even as he incorporates contemporary styles like hip hop into his music. ♪ another of today's leading lights, cece winans who serves as a host of the how sweet the sound competition says that many pop stars got their starts just as she did in the church choir....
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. [♪ music break] >> "step-by-step" by jackson browne. as we continue our discussion on the state of the economy, we are joined from los angeles by veteran journalist and truthdig.com editor robert scheer. his book is out today. it's called "the great american stickup". bob, welcome to democracy now!. what is wrong with the economy today? and how did we get here? >> well, you know, you say a long-time journalist. worked for the "l.a. times" as a national reporter. and i covered these hearings in washington when the clinton administration in the 1990's basically fulfilled the promise of the reagan revolution. design t prevent us from getting into another depression. those regulations of which feingold was against for keeping and against reversing, said that investment banks playing with supposedly rich people's money should not be allowed to merge with commercial banks that were using deposits of people that were insured by the taxpayers. and that these were different activities. reagan could never pull off that kind of deregulation. in fa
. [♪ music break] >> "step-by-step" by jackson browne. as we continue our discussion on the state of the economy, we are joined from los angeles by veteran journalist and truthdig.com editor robert scheer. his book is out today. it's called "the great american stickup". bob, welcome to democracy now!. what is wrong with the economy today? and how did we get here? >> well, you know, you say a long-time journalist. worked for the "l.a. times" as a...
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very similar to what happened with south africa as well. >> ifill: jesse jackson's congressional seat in chicago has beme ground zero for lots of reasons but in this particular case when it comes to gun violence, how much is this bloomberg money, mayor mike bloomberg's pac having on this race. >> a billionaire is willing to spend here. he spend $5 million in a democratic contest in california in the fall last year and was able to oust an incumbent, congressman joe bacca and bring in a newcomer to this race. that's similar to what he's trying to do here. he's running against a former member of congress in that ad that we saw in that set-up here. he's saying i can spend my money here. i can really effect change in little ways. that's where he wants to make the difference. >> ifill: you look at this and what's happening in philadelph philadelphia. not arkansas. but you see what's happening in colorado. all these different placeses. you wonder to yourself, is the all-powerful n.r.a. taking this lying down or is there a push-back. >> there's a push-back. they say that their members and the
very similar to what happened with south africa as well. >> ifill: jesse jackson's congressional seat in chicago has beme ground zero for lots of reasons but in this particular case when it comes to gun violence, how much is this bloomberg money, mayor mike bloomberg's pac having on this race. >> a billionaire is willing to spend here. he spend $5 million in a democratic contest in california in the fall last year and was able to oust an incumbent, congressman joe bacca and bring in...
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." >> hey, ann-jenay, it's kathy jackson giving you a call from the coalition. i was wondering if you had a chance to do your blood glucose logs. >> gawande: the most visible part of the camden coalition of healthcare providers are these nurses, social workers and medical assistants. >> it's also important to show that he was really going all over the state. >> gawande: three years later, his team of trouble shooters has sought out and organized care for more than 300 people. >> we need to make sure we have transportation that's going to be able to accommodate a disability. >> gawande: when i visited, thy jacksowas making a house call to one of her most challenging patients, derek. do give me the briefing on derek, because i haven't met him yet. >> derek's in his 30s, and he has a seizure disorder. >> gawande: okay. >> and then, his other problem, which gets him in the hospital most of the time, is asthma. it's always an issue. he's always wheezing, and the house isn't... it's dirty, it's dusty, roaches, all kinds of... all kinds of triggers. so we took a contra
." >> hey, ann-jenay, it's kathy jackson giving you a call from the coalition. i was wondering if you had a chance to do your blood glucose logs. >> gawande: the most visible part of the camden coalition of healthcare providers are these nurses, social workers and medical assistants. >> it's also important to show that he was really going all over the state. >> gawande: three years later, his team of trouble shooters has sought out and organized care for more than...
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that dlint p didn't happen. >> actually jesse jackson jr. and rahm emanuel did testify very briefly. both of them testified. it was, you know, there was all this anticipation when now mayory man you'll came on the stand. later he said it took him longer to get to the courthouse than it did for him to actually testify. >> the jury said today that they wanted to believe him but that the evidence really just nd of pointed in the opposite direction. those phone calls, the f.b.i. wire taps seemed to be pretty damning. >> well, the game-changer this time in the minds of many was that rod blagojevich actually took the stand. there was interesting reaction from the giraffe ward. afterwards, one juror said that the fact that he was, quote, personable did make it a little harder but ultimately they were able to just focus on the evidence. another juror said she found the governor to be very manipulative and that his testimony really was not very effective with her. but ultimately he did put himself on the stand. he promised in the first trial that he
that dlint p didn't happen. >> actually jesse jackson jr. and rahm emanuel did testify very briefly. both of them testified. it was, you know, there was all this anticipation when now mayory man you'll came on the stand. later he said it took him longer to get to the courthouse than it did for him to actually testify. >> the jury said today that they wanted to believe him but that the evidence really just nd of pointed in the opposite direction. those phone calls, the f.b.i. wire...
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we mentioned atnta, charleston, d ere is o in jackson, mississippi, coming pup what accounts for that? what accounts for this sort of renaissance, if you will, of building and looking into this history in the last few years and in the years to come? >> again i think it's partly the fact that we have a generation that's removed now from the harshest aspects of it, and previous generations simply didn't talk about it. and & now their children and grandchildren are wanting to know. they have all these artifacts and they're figuring out what to do with them. i think one of the challenges and one of the joys, actually, of all of this is the greater awareness of the meaning and significance of little bits of memorabilia, old copies of long-gone periodicals and the green books that helped guide african americans as they were making their way across the were they could not stop and aashiewrld of finding a place to rest or food. these things are now quite valued. when people discover them, they're trying to figure out what to do with them and now they have a place to take them. >> brown: you'r
we mentioned atnta, charleston, d ere is o in jackson, mississippi, coming pup what accounts for that? what accounts for this sort of renaissance, if you will, of building and looking into this history in the last few years and in the years to come? >> again i think it's partly the fact that we have a generation that's removed now from the harshest aspects of it, and previous generations simply didn't talk about it. and & now their children and grandchildren are wanting to know. they...
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." >> reporter: the billboards and signs in the jackson heights section of queens, new york, reflect dozens of languages, cultures and nationalities. it's an immigrant community of rich diversity, but also plenty of poverty. and there's a store for that, too-- an american version of bangladesh's famous grameen bank. no fancy lobby here, there aren't even enough chairs. but from this and five other cramped quarters in queens, and as far away as oakland, california, grameen america disburses dozens of micro business loans each day, most for around $1,500, all of them to women, who studies show are more likely to repay loans and to spend money on their children's welfare. >> sign here. >> reporter: it is the brainchild of nobel laureate muhammad yunus, whose grameen bank has helped millions of women entrepreneurs in his native bangladesh. he wanted to test the concept in a developed country. with foundation grants and borrowing commercially under federal community reinvestment law, grameen america began in 2008 to wary customer reception, says c.e.o. stephen vogel >> they were afraid th
." >> reporter: the billboards and signs in the jackson heights section of queens, new york, reflect dozens of languages, cultures and nationalities. it's an immigrant community of rich diversity, but also plenty of poverty. and there's a store for that, too-- an american version of bangladesh's famous grameen bank. no fancy lobby here, there aren't even enough chairs. but from this and five other cramped quarters in queens, and as far away as oakland, california, grameen america...
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it was coming down , that was, i think, a large measure lisa jackson's work with admiral allen that they were not using as much as had once been used. clearly, erybody is going to be studying what the oil did to the environment, what the dispersants mean in the environment. there's a lot to learn. i think the good news today is there's no oil leaking. there's not going to be oil leaking, and giving the public an accounting of where the oil went. >> woodruff: going >> ifill: pakistan is struggling to recover from its worst flooding in 80 years. monsoon season has already killed 1,500 people and left millions more in need of help. today, the floodwaters pushed into the heart of the country and threatened to surge south. in washington, secretary of state hillary clinton said the u.s. is already helping with money, aid workers and rescue assistance. >> i want to convey the condolences of the american people to the pakistani people on behalf of everything they are confronting. i have been to pakistan a number of times and i have seen first hand the strength and resilience of the people of pak
it was coming down , that was, i think, a large measure lisa jackson's work with admiral allen that they were not using as much as had once been used. clearly, erybody is going to be studying what the oil did to the environment, what the dispersants mean in the environment. there's a lot to learn. i think the good news today is there's no oil leaking. there's not going to be oil leaking, and giving the public an accounting of where the oil went. >> woodruff: going >> ifill: pakistan...
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this all came from there being issue differences like over the bank of the united states with andrew jackson or the runup to world war two, stay out or go in. franklin park zoo, 1940, nothing remotely close to that in terms of magnitude yet the intensity of the conflict is perhaps greater than most times in history. >> woodruff: yet if you were to sit a partisan republican and a partisan democrat the down here at this desk they would say "we have very different views on taxes, on the role of government." >> i would say they certainly do. but you look out in the historical context, does that rise to the intensity of the conflict over slavery, for instance, in 1860? i don't think so. >> woodruff: mark hetherington, how do you see that? >> maybe so, but hopefully we've come a long way since the 1860s and slavery. >> i hope we have. >> i would hope so, too. the fact of the matter i there used to be a situation in washington where the parties had different wings. a moderate wing and a liberal wing. so the party leaders who tended to come from the political middle had to bring the various parts of
this all came from there being issue differences like over the bank of the united states with andrew jackson or the runup to world war two, stay out or go in. franklin park zoo, 1940, nothing remotely close to that in terms of magnitude yet the intensity of the conflict is perhaps greater than most times in history. >> woodruff: yet if you were to sit a partisan republican and a partisan democrat the down here at this desk they would say "we have very different views on taxes, on the...
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in a 50 year war with great britain that ran from the end of the french and indian war until andrew jackson and the treaty of again in 18 february, 1815 and it was not unlike the cold war, it was an existential struggle and one of those wonderful arguments you can make because the british did come back in 1812, not a provisional argument, came back to washington. >> came back, that's right, and what he believed in the survival of the country, but he wold depart from dogma at the drop of a hat to serve that cause, and the greatest example is louisiana purchase, which he believed required avid constitutional amendment, and then he got a letter from his people in trance saying napoleon is having second thoughts and suddenly well i think this will be just fine, i think we will take this and we will be okay and that gave us brokaw's country out there. >> rose: yes indeed. brother brokaw, what book are you reading we ought to know about? >> there is a new book called the young tita it i winston churchill in the young years in the beginning of the 20th century when he was this dashing guy who came
in a 50 year war with great britain that ran from the end of the french and indian war until andrew jackson and the treaty of again in 18 february, 1815 and it was not unlike the cold war, it was an existential struggle and one of those wonderful arguments you can make because the british did come back in 1812, not a provisional argument, came back to washington. >> came back, that's right, and what he believed in the survival of the country, but he wold depart from dogma at the drop of a...
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andrew jackson picked one justice who ran for president four times while he was serving on the supreme court. >> yes, can y imagine it was very different in those days, that's for sure. >> you did a lot of research for the book, justice o'connor, was there -- as you looked at the presidents over time and how they made their choices for the supreme court was there a set of qualities or a set of judgments that you think lent themselves to better choices for the court? >> well, yes i can pick out a few grounds that would improve the chances of getting a good one, but i don't think that was primary in the case of most appointments. i think that great many of those appointments were really influenced a lot by the political situation. they wanted to put somebody on that the president himself thought was politically a wise choice and would not give him problems by virtue of poor appointments. i think a lot of consideration was given to things like that. >> woodruff: do you think that's still the case today? >> maybe to some extent but much less so. >> woodruff: you've spoken about this before
andrew jackson picked one justice who ran for president four times while he was serving on the supreme court. >> yes, can y imagine it was very different in those days, that's for sure. >> you did a lot of research for the book, justice o'connor, was there -- as you looked at the presidents over time and how they made their choices for the supreme court was there a set of qualities or a set of judgments that you think lent themselves to better choices for the court? >> well,...
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cultural contributions to art is the school of abstract expressionists, but most people do not know jackson pollock in 1934 was taking courses on 14th street with [unintelligible] the musical connections are enormous. they range from the tango, an international star, to the arrival from critically cuba of the whole series of musicians who construct here rumba and the rest. eventually, new york becomes a place that takes those arriving artists and mixes the mid local artists from the mass communication industry, popular culture and salsa is a product of that. people think it comes from anywhere, and nowhere, but in fact it is a new york phenomenon. >> and arthur schaumburg, the father of african-american studies. very few know he was a puerto rican and an advocate of autonomy and independence in spain before he arrived here. >> you will continue this discussion tonight at the suny -- shooting grant center. -- cuny grad center. >> we will look at the relationship in the 350 years we focus on an exhibit in the post 1945 period. was one in a court in the other a tree or working so different in
cultural contributions to art is the school of abstract expressionists, but most people do not know jackson pollock in 1934 was taking courses on 14th street with [unintelligible] the musical connections are enormous. they range from the tango, an international star, to the arrival from critically cuba of the whole series of musicians who construct here rumba and the rest. eventually, new york becomes a place that takes those arriving artists and mixes the mid local artists from the mass...
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at a senate hearing last week, environmental protection agency chief lisa jackson explained the dilemma she faced in deciding to allow their use. >> because there are scientific unknowns, we had to make decisions that are a series of tradeoffs. and basically, in common language, it was either nothing or in moderation. and my best judgment was that it should be in moderation, but we >> reporter: luann white is a toxicologist at tulane university in new orleans, and she's convinced that corexit-- used on the surface-- is better than leaving the oil to foul beaches. she says that headlines about its toxicity are overblown. >> there's a lot of misconceptions about the dispersants because there's been a lot on television, on radio, in the newspapers calling them being highly toxic. while i wish we were in a situation where we didn't have to use dispersants, they are not the most toxic compound. they're metabolized. they're broken down very well by various organisms. and what that means is that our bodies can handle them. as you can see, this is oil with corexit, etc. >> reporter: some scient
at a senate hearing last week, environmental protection agency chief lisa jackson explained the dilemma she faced in deciding to allow their use. >> because there are scientific unknowns, we had to make decisions that are a series of tradeoffs. and basically, in common language, it was either nothing or in moderation. and my best judgment was that it should be in moderation, but we >> reporter: luann white is a toxicologist at tulane university in new orleans, and she's convinced...
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this morning, cleveland mayor frank jackson said the investigation is ongoing. >> we have several unanswered questions. why were they taken? how were they taken and how they remain undetected in the city of cleveland for this period of time. >> reporter: the three women spent the night at a local hospital. they have been reunited with relatives. >> sreenivasan: james holmes is due in court next monday. two new studies conclude that gun killings in the u.s. have fallen by a lot over the last 20 years. the justice department reported today there were just over 11,000 gun homicides in 2011. that was down 39% from the peak year of 1993. the pew research center found a similar decline. the two studies also said non- fatal gun crimes have dropped nearly 70% in the same period. at least 20 people were killed and more than three dozen injured mexico ci ear today, after a natural gas tanker truck lost control and exploded in a suburb. mexican tv showed flames shooting from charred homes and vehicles. officials said some of the injured have burns over more than 70% of their bodies and may need treatme
this morning, cleveland mayor frank jackson said the investigation is ongoing. >> we have several unanswered questions. why were they taken? how were they taken and how they remain undetected in the city of cleveland for this period of time. >> reporter: the three women spent the night at a local hospital. they have been reunited with relatives. >> sreenivasan: james holmes is due in court next monday. two new studies conclude that gun killings in the u.s. have fallen by a lot...
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column of ministers with ralph abernathy on one side and andy young on the other side and a young jesse jackson in tow. and he was deciding in this poor people's campaign that the question of inequity in america was not just black, that it was a class issue. it wasn't just a black issue. to us, that was important. the discussion came to that question about, how do we as poor people, we're talking about organizing a poor people's campaign to take on the powers in washington, the monolithic economic institutions of our country to bring equity to the poor people in this country. how do we as poor people who have nothing, who don't have the money and the power and the politicians in our hip pocket to compel the world's largest -- the richest people to sit down and talk to us. and that was the response. that i remember, it was so burned into my brain, that, when you impede the rich man's ability to make money, anything is negotiable. and we have followed that principle in all the campaigns we've designed. and we keep looking until we find it. >> baldemar velÁsquez, thank you very much for being wit
column of ministers with ralph abernathy on one side and andy young on the other side and a young jesse jackson in tow. and he was deciding in this poor people's campaign that the question of inequity in america was not just black, that it was a class issue. it wasn't just a black issue. to us, that was important. the discussion came to that question about, how do we as poor people, we're talking about organizing a poor people's campaign to take on the powers in washington, the monolithic...
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north of that, here in jackson county, are vast stretches of farmland and deep pockets of frustration with government. friday night football in tiny brownstown, indiana, we got an earful across the street at the church chili supper in the school gym. what do you think of the job they've doing in washington over the last couple of years? >> i think it stinks. >> reporter: why do you think it stinks? >> we got too many career politicians. they're out of touch with the american people. >> reporter: you feel that way about baron hill, too? >> absolutely. he's had his chances. >> reporter: driving along indiana route 50, we came across a group of citizens marching to bench baron hill. >> he voted cap and trade, he voted for the stimulus, he voted the health care, he voted for everything that we're against. >> i've got 11 grandkids and i just don't want to see them stuck with all this debt we've run up. >> reporter: so you're holding him accountable for the trillion dollar deficit? >> absolutely, absolutely. >> reporter: they plan to march in protest every friday until election day. baron h
north of that, here in jackson county, are vast stretches of farmland and deep pockets of frustration with government. friday night football in tiny brownstown, indiana, we got an earful across the street at the church chili supper in the school gym. what do you think of the job they've doing in washington over the last couple of years? >> i think it stinks. >> reporter: why do you think it stinks? >> we got too many career politicians. they're out of touch with the american...
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he lost michigan that close looechlt that said, with all people of challenge whether jesse jackson in '84 or '88 or john mccain in 2000, or whoever else, gary hart in '84, pat buchanan, '92. what they want is the validation at the convention. they want that moment where they can ke apeech with their supporters can cheer and make noise makers and so forth. and i think that it is in romney's interest to accommodate. >> does very more than that, a little more than that? >> i think so, as a spokesman, listen we will have a guy from harvard law school running against a guy from harvard law school so we can use the up to cambridge and save time so rick santorum represents and spoke for a groups that's not like that. >> not even harvard yale. >> right, no it used to be we would have harvard yale, that was diversity, in the old days. so but now we have a guy from western pennsylvania whose grandfather famously coal minor, and who won over a lot of downscale voters. specifically by talking about how i'm going help you. and especially by talking about how social values interacted with economic
he lost michigan that close looechlt that said, with all people of challenge whether jesse jackson in '84 or '88 or john mccain in 2000, or whoever else, gary hart in '84, pat buchanan, '92. what they want is the validation at the convention. they want that moment where they can ke apeech with their supporters can cheer and make noise makers and so forth. and i think that it is in romney's interest to accommodate. >> does very more than that, a little more than that? >> i think so,...
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. >> thompson: but in our reporting, we came across a revealing incident near jackson, mississippi. it involved a woman with dementia named merle fall. merle went to live at emeritus at ridgeland pointe at the end of a long, happy life. >> she was a lot of fun to be around. our friends all loved her. she said whatever came to mind and she was always the life of the party. everybody always loved her. >> thompson: in the early stages of her dementia, merle lived with diane's sister, linda. but when linda felt she could no longer keep merle safe, the sisters called emeritus. the company sent a nurse to evaluate merle. >> she came in, she sat down right there on the couch with mother, mother was sitting there too, she reached over and held mother's hand, and she never asked any questions. as a matter of fact, it was only later that i understood she was here to evaluate mother, to find out whether she was suitable for ridgeland pointe, because all she did was talk about what a great experience it was going to be, mother was going to get a lot of one-on-one attention, she says she's going
. >> thompson: but in our reporting, we came across a revealing incident near jackson, mississippi. it involved a woman with dementia named merle fall. merle went to live at emeritus at ridgeland pointe at the end of a long, happy life. >> she was a lot of fun to be around. our friends all loved her. she said whatever came to mind and she was always the life of the party. everybody always loved her. >> thompson: in the early stages of her dementia, merle lived with diane's...
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> reporter: the promise to hold students back has put enormous pressure on principleses like ruthie jackson of carson elementary in cincinnati. >> the third grade guarantee. it's the buzzword for the whole school and also the whole district. that's all we are going to be talking about this year. >> reporter: roughly half her students in grade k through three read below grade level. >> we've got to buckle down and they've got to read. there is no ifs, ands or buts about telephone. >> i will say the word and you say the sounds in the word. >> reporter: right away carson and most other schools rushed out and hired reading specialists. they've been scrambling to test every student in grades k through three. >> we're taking it extremely seriously. i mean it is urgent. >> song. >> the most severe cases, we need to back way up. and teach them their basic sounds and things like that. >> reporter: to provide more one-on-one help, the school is asking classroom teachers to tutor struggling readers. high school volunteers have been recruited as well. but allheseffos m not be enough. >> can you guarant
> reporter: the promise to hold students back has put enormous pressure on principleses like ruthie jackson of carson elementary in cincinnati. >> the third grade guarantee. it's the buzzword for the whole school and also the whole district. that's all we are going to be talking about this year. >> reporter: roughly half her students in grade k through three read below grade level. >> we've got to buckle down and they've got to read. there is no ifs, ands or buts about...
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. >> andrew jackson used it. it worked for him. well, it reflects, you know, i've said this before on the program but to me the most important political polling results of our lifetimes is they ask the question do you trust government to do the right thing most of the time? starting in 1932 straight through the '60s, 70 or 80% trusted government should do the right thing most of the time. that was easy to govern. now it's like 19, 20, 23% percent trust. that trust just isn't there. that's one of the things i think the obama administration misread and now realizes that. they're playing with something real. that doesn't mean people don't want to trust washington. i think they do. it means there's an incredible hostility. there's an assumption that there's corruption in washington and self-dealing. that may be partly the result of reality and partly a perception. that's what people are playing off of but also trying to solve. >> i think it's impossible. you're right. president obama certainly didn't run against lobby i haves and insid
. >> andrew jackson used it. it worked for him. well, it reflects, you know, i've said this before on the program but to me the most important political polling results of our lifetimes is they ask the question do you trust government to do the right thing most of the time? starting in 1932 straight through the '60s, 70 or 80% trusted government should do the right thing most of the time. that was easy to govern. now it's like 19, 20, 23% percent trust. that trust just isn't there. that's...
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just a few minutes ago, omar khadr's military lawyer, army lieutenant colonel john jackson collapsed in the courtroom and was taken from the courtroom to a navy-based hospital here. we're not sure of his condition right now. as he was taken out on the stretcher, he did seem to... he had regained consciousness by that time and he was talking. so we hope he's okay. and as i said, it was quite an ending to what had been already an emotional day. >> warner: i understand there's quite a bit of international media attention there. why is there so much attention to this case? what's significant about it ? >> well, this case is very significant for two reasons. one, it's the first that's going forward under the obama administration and it's seen as a test case for the military commissions. so in many ways it's not just omar khadr on trial here but the system itself. omar khadr's case in particular is interesting because he is a canadian detainee, he's the last we were earner here. but what make this is kase significant even more so and has drawn a lot of criticism is his age. he was 15 at th
just a few minutes ago, omar khadr's military lawyer, army lieutenant colonel john jackson collapsed in the courtroom and was taken from the courtroom to a navy-based hospital here. we're not sure of his condition right now. as he was taken out on the stretcher, he did seem to... he had regained consciousness by that time and he was talking. so we hope he's okay. and as i said, it was quite an ending to what had been already an emotional day. >> warner: i understand there's quite a bit of...
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. >> congresswoman sheila jackson is not there because she's seriously ill. and congresswoman... congressman eliot ingall of new york. >> lehrer: behind the president is the escort committee. that's the leadership of the congress of the united states. senator mitch mcconnell who is the minority leader of the senate. ñ and congressman ingall who is always there on the aisle. right to the president's left behind his shoulder is eric cantor who is the house majority leader, the republican leader behind the speaker john boehner. speaker john boehner, of course, will be presiding over this joint session of congress. he will be assisted by the vice president of the united states, of course, who is the president of the senate. that's joe biden. we'll see them in a few moments here. that's where the president is headed down to the front. so he can deliver the speech. there is handshaking to be done. as the president gets down the aisle, we'll get to members of the supreme court. and then to the members of the joint chiefs. members of the diplomatic corps. there's senator tom coburn who
. >> congresswoman sheila jackson is not there because she's seriously ill. and congresswoman... congressman eliot ingall of new york. >> lehrer: behind the president is the escort committee. that's the leadership of the congress of the united states. senator mitch mcconnell who is the minority leader of the senate. ñ and congressman ingall who is always there on the aisle. right to the president's left behind his shoulder is eric cantor who is the house majority leader, the...
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i remember jesse jackson sr. weeping there. i mean that was a once in a lifetime historical moment. >> ifill: i've heard many obama supporters say that re-electing the president was re-electing the president was even more important than electing him. >> you can't get to the second without the first. the first was a universal. >> woodruff: to interrupt you quickly to say we've just learned that governor romney is on his way to the convention center in boston. of course we'll take that. >> sure. i just think beyond the support of barack obama it was an afrming moment for america. it really was. >> ifill: and this is? this is an affirming moment for barack obama. and his supporters and the campaign. what he's trieded to do and what he wants to try to do but it isn't the same cosmic global emotional... >> woodruff: when you think about it, a year ago, six months ago, nine months ago, the over overwhelming prediction was this president could be beaten. this president was facing, and a year-and-a-half ago you look at any number of in
i remember jesse jackson sr. weeping there. i mean that was a once in a lifetime historical moment. >> ifill: i've heard many obama supporters say that re-electing the president was re-electing the president was even more important than electing him. >> you can't get to the second without the first. the first was a universal. >> woodruff: to interrupt you quickly to say we've just learned that governor romney is on his way to the convention center in boston. of course we'll...